Work Trips / Past Times / Canada 1999
by Peter Taylor · Published 12/09/1999 · Last modified 01/03/2021
A meeting at the Wall Centre Hotel in Vancouver and then, with Zoe, taking trains north to Prince George and then west to Prince Rupert: back by ferry through the Inside Passage to Vancouver Island for whale watching.
Work Trips / Past Times / Tokyo 2000
by Peter Taylor · Published 19/03/2000 · Last modified 07/01/2021
A week in Tokyo attending the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee and seeing a wedding at the Meiji Shrine, cosplay in Yoyogi Park, and the Dragon Festival at the Sensoji Temple during the weekends.
A week driving around New Mexico before a scientific editorial meeting at Cloudcroft, NM. Also walking into Juárez in Mexico from El Paso.
Work Trips / Past Times / Goa 2002
by Peter Taylor · Published 25/02/2002 · Last modified 29/01/2021
A two week trip to Goa, India, with Zoe where we stayed in Panjim and then at Dona Paula while I attended the JCOMM Ship Observations Team meeting at the National Institute of Oceanography.
Work Trips / Past Times / Tasmania 2002
by Peter Taylor · Published 30/03/2002 · Last modified 01/03/2021
Attending a meeting in Hobart before a coach trip to Cape Grim and the Baseline CO2 station; then exploring Tasmania by hire car.
What it does: By modern standards NMEA0183 is a primitive data protocol. It allows one instrument (the “talker”) to provide data to one or more...
Choice of equipment – Radio: I already owned an ICOM handheld DSC radio for use when dinghy sailing and I was tempted to use that by...
Introduction / Seatern Diaries: 2012 - 2013
by Peter Taylor · Published 01/01/2012 · Last modified 28/08/2017
Choosing a BC20: This section of the Seatern Diaries covers the period in which I chose a BayCruiser 20 as the boat I wanted, and...
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I’d thought about buying a cruising yacht for quite a long time but I wanted to find one that I would be sure to use...